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Sore Tummy - PAWS ft. Alice Costelloe

"An Animal” taken from the album “Blood Red Shoes” released on March 3rd 2014 on Jazz Life.

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An Animal

Midwich is proud to present MAGAS’s Heads Plus, the first proper vinyl release from James Marlon Magas since 2009’s Violent ARP. For the past several years, Magas has been concentrating on instrumental production, eschewing vocal histrionics of previous work, in favor of moodier, more open-ended composition. This focus has resulted in the bombastic and hallucinatory Heads Plus, an all-instrumental wallop that fuses howling ARP Odyssey, capricious Juno funk and fuzzed Rhodes anchored to the ever-present throb of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Freed from vocal constraints, Heads Plus conjures a cinematic ambience where light and dark wrangle for dominance in a dystopian post-techno near-future. Plowing ahead with gleeful abandon, this 5-track EP is a take-no-prisoners statement of intent. Heads Plus is mastered by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66) and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in NYC and comes housed in a eye-popping full-color UV gloss jacket featuring artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator, Mark Salwowski. Layout by designer Beth Hall. 



MAGAS - Machete King

Midwich is proud to present MAGAS’s Heads Plus, the first proper vinyl release from James Marlon Magas since 2009’s Violent ARP. For the past several years, Magas has been concentrating on instrumental production, eschewing vocal histrionics of previous work, in favor of moodier, more open-ended composition. This focus has resulted in the bombastic and hallucinatory Heads Plus, an all-instrumental wallop that fuses howling ARP Odyssey, capricious Juno funk and fuzzed Rhodes anchored to the ever-present throb of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Freed from vocal constraints, Heads Plus conjures a cinematic ambience where light and dark wrangle for dominance in a dystopian post-techno near-future. Plowing ahead with gleeful abandon, this 5-track EP is a take-no-prisoners statement of intent. Heads Plus is mastered by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66) and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in NYC and comes housed in a eye-popping full-color UV gloss jacket featuring artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator, Mark Salwowski. Layout by designer Beth Hall. 


Magas - Countess

Paul Dither: Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Guitars, Bass, Drums.

7th Pleasure

Roland JD-XA - Dark Wave (Roberto Miele)

Title track from 2015's LP Throwing shade.
Available on iTunes, Beatport, Bandcamp, eMusic, Juno and more.

Throwing Shade

MAGAS - The Violent ARP ep on Punch Records, 2009.

The Violent Arp

MAGAS - Whiskey Nights from the Violent ARP ep on Punch Records, 2009

MAGAS - Whiskey Nights

Part 1 of my short demos of the fantastic HYPERSYNTH XENOPHONE,
a monophonic analog synth with so many features that you better check the complete list at hypersynth.com.
I did a very fast cut demo of some of my own patches and patterns, but be sure, this machine is capable of endless unbelievable sounds!

Hypersynth Xenophone Demo 1 - 50x ACID SOUNDS

'Shipping Container' is the 1st track on the new MAGAS 12", 'Explanatory Denial' out May 26th, 2017.

Explanatory Denial is the 7th record by Chicago-based electronic producer Jim Magas under his longtime MAGAS monicker. In the ‘90s, he fronted unconventional ‘no wave’-ish bands Couch and Lake Of Dracula. In the early 2000s, he recorded for material for Ersatz Audio and did a few remixes. In the Twenty-teens, he focused on instrumental productions for his own Midwich imprint and composing music for director Asia Argento’s 2014 film, Misunderstood. In early 2017, Magas premiered new material during a U.S. tour in support of band Joan of Arc.

The limited-to-200 4-track spring 2017 12" EP Explanatory Denial opens with ‘Shipping Container’, a rough, minimal stomper, offering plenty of bounce, but no padding or instructions.‘New Dawn’ opens the door to a brightly-lit and concrete alternate reality. ‘Sky Castles’ keeps bodies moving while synthesized strings whisper false reassurances of easy days and high pay. ‘Indelible Mark’ is an atmospheric lo-fi Casio lounge-funk spy groover that smells of Holiday Inn wood-paneling, dripping with Benson & Hedges Ultra-lite 100s. Deploying a variety of primitive electronic techniques, Explanatory Denial is a testament to the power of diligent synth-hunting and decades of basement refinement.

Explantory Denial is the first entry into Midwich Red, a series of no-frills, minimally-packaged, club-friendly, limited edition 12”s.

MAGAS - Shipping Container

Sonic Death

Lonerism

Apocalypse Dreams

FROM ALLMUSIC.COM by Paul Simpson

Magas is the solo electronic project of James Marlon Magas, a legendary figure in the Midwestern underground music scene. Magas was generally known for fronting noise rock bands during the '90s, as well as co-founding the influential Bulb Records, and his move to electronic music reflected the same primal spirit and D.I.Y. mentality. His solo work ranges from swaggering electro-punk to suspenseful minimal techno, influenced by the Cramps as well as Drexciya.

Along with Peter Larson (aka Mr. Velocity Hopkins), Magas co-founded the Michigan-based label Bulb Records in 1992, as well as the primitive noise rock band Couch. While short-lived, Couch were enormously influential to the Michigan scene, and Bulb proved to be even more so; the label's discography included early releases by Andrew W.K., Wolf Eyes, Quintron, the Demolition Doll Rods, and many other noise, garage rock, and experimental acts. In addition to Couch, Magas also fronted no wave-influenced group the Many Moods of Marlon Magas. He relocated to Chicago in 1995, where he founded Lake of Dracula and Miss High Heel, both of which also featured the Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter along with many other participants, and expanded on the ideas of Magas' previous groups.

Friends Forever
In 1999, Magas started making electronic music, adopting the swagger and fury of his earlier noise rock bands into a startling form of electro-punk. Following 2000's Double-Sided Magas 12" EP, he struck up a friendship with Detroit electro heroes ADULT., whose Ersatz Audio label released Magas' Bad Blood EP in 2002, followed by the debut full-length Friends Forever in 2003. Magas took his energetic, confrontational live show to venues and D.I.Y. spaces throughout North America and Europe, and built up his Wizardlook studio. He also remixed songs by Bobby Conn, Les Georges Leningrad, and others. Ersatz Audio went on hiatus during the mid-2000s, and Magas' second album, May I Meet My Accuser (2006), appeared on Imaginary Conflict, with a vinyl issue by the French label Wwilko. The album was easily his most ferocious, aggressive solo effort to date, expertly blending his techno and punk influences, and sounding like the work of a full band rather than a solo electronic artist.

How This Ends
Magas' next release came in the form of 2009's Violent ARP EP, courtesy of Italy's Punch Records. Magas appeared on Chris Connelly's 2010 album, How This Ends, and remixed tracks by Mt. Sims and Die -6-. He continued working on instrumental material that was moodier than his older work, and a limited cassette titled Pspoilers appeared on Notes and Bolts Records & Tapes in 2013. He composed music for Asia Argento's film Incompresa (Misunderstood), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.

Explanatory Denial
In 2015, Magas founded Midwich Productions, a label dedicated to experimental techno with a Midwestern focus. All of the label's albums are adorned with stunning artwork by sci-fi/fantasy illustrator Mark Salwowski, lending to the music's surrealist, dystopian feel. Magas released the suspenseful Heads Plus EP that year. Following Midwich releases by artists such as the darkwave duo HIDE, the Wolf Eyes-related techno duo Moon Pool & Dead Band, and the Detroit-based electronic composer Viki Viktoria (formerly just Viki), Magas released the more club-focused 12" EP Explanatory Denial in 2017.